Russia says no fly zone over Syria would violate international law
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[QUOTE]Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said any attempt to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria using US fighter jets and missiles operating from Jordan would violate international law.
The US has moved Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Jordan, officially as part of an annual exercise.
Russia opposes any foreign military intervention in the Syrian conflict.
The uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, which began in 2011, has left an estimated 93,000 people dead.
"There have been leaks from Western media regarding the serious consideration to create a no-fly zone over Syria through the deployment of Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and F-16 jets in Jordan," said Mr Lavrov, speaking at a joint news conference in Moscow with his Italian counterpart.
"You don't have to be a great expert to understand that this will violate international law," he said.
Mr Lavrov also said evidence presented by the US of chemical weapons use in Syria apparently did not meet reliability criteria set out by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
The US administration said earlier this week that it would give lethal aid to the Syrian rebels in light of evidence that President Assad's forces had used chemical weapons in the civil war.
The support of the West's regional allies, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, helped the rebels after the uprising became militarised.
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22919322[/url]
Didnt hear them complaining when we set up a NFZ in Libya, now did we?
I think western country's should just stay out of their own civil war. If we are going to give them something, give humanitarian aid.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;41047480]Didnt hear them complaining when we set up a NFZ in Libya, now did we?[/QUOTE]
What does this even mean.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;41047480]Didnt hear them complaining when we set up a NFZ in Libya, now did we?[/QUOTE]
Yes we did, Russia and China condemned the NFZ and both abstained from the UN vote
[QUOTE=laserguided;41047543]What does this even mean.[/QUOTE]
Although wrong, he's trying to imply that Russia only cares because it has interests in Syria and that it "didn't care" for Libya because there was nothing there for them. But using the same logic the US is only doing the same, if they were really concerned about a brutal dictatorship then they wouldn't be so chummy with Saudi Arabia
[QUOTE=butt2089;41047604]Yes we did, Russia and China condemned the NFZ and both abstained from the UN vote
Although wrong, he's trying to imply that Russia only cares because it has interests in Syria and that it "didn't care" for Libya because there was nothing there for them. But using the same logic the US is only doing the same, if they were really concerned about a brutal dictatorship then they wouldn't be so chummy with Saudi Arabia[/QUOTE]
Yeah thats what I thought. I didn't understand what he was trying to say because it made no sense.
[QUOTE=Timebomb575;41047480]Didnt hear them complaining when we set up a NFZ in Libya, now did we?[/QUOTE]
That had support from the UN, the arab league and many other local powers. The Arab league support quickly went away though as the no fly zone turned into a direct intervention.
This is a vastly different scenario.
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